Share With Your Friends Tweet. Like this: Like Loading Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email required Address never made public. Name required. Published by Aditya Mhatre. Create your website with WordPress. Follow Following. Potterhead Shinobi. Slughorn sensed that Harry wanted to retrieve the memory, and subsequently tried to avoid him. He stopped Slug Club dinners, and would flee at the end of Potions.
He felt very guilty for giving Tom Riddle information on Horcruxes. After several failed attempts, Harry eventually finessed the memory from a very drunk Slughorn, with the help of Felix Felicis and the opportunity for Slughorn to collect a few vials of valuable Acromantula venom.
The 'sluggish' memory is Slughorn's memory of what he said to the young Tom Riddle, which he himself tried to blot out. The word 'sluggish' suggest that the memory is slow, lethargic, and difficult to arouse. The memory allowed for Dumbledore to confirm his suspicions that Voldemort had been planning to create seven Horcruxes, and for Harry to continue Dumbledore's mission of destroying them.
As Head of Tom's House , and given his tendency to favour students who displayed remarkable talent, Slughorn became Riddle's mentor, and was likely the professor Tom liked most. One day, Riddle asked Slughorn about Horcruxes , and Slughorn,-- after convincing himself Tom's intentions were "purely academic"--, reluctantly told him what it basically took to create one, though he refused to give Tom any details. Most significantly, when Tom asked if it were possible to create more than one Horcrux, Slughorn seemed appalled by the idea of it, but did not deny that it could be done.
With that information in hand, Riddle managed to create seven Horcruxes and achieve something near immortality. Horace was ashamed when he remembered what had happened, and he modified his own memory. It is unknown if Slughorn was involved when Voldemort rose to power during the First Wizarding War, however it is unlikely as he was appalled about Tom creating horcruxes and he was seen fighting him during the Battle of Hogwarts.
However, Harry Potter managed to take the original version of the memory with the help of Felix Felicis , in , and from it, he and Dumbledore gleaned crucial information about what Voldemort had done and what it would take to destroy him.
Albus Dumbledore and Horace Slughorn were colleagues at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at least from until , when Slughorn retired and Severus Snape took his place as Potions master.
As Slughorn was equally disinclined to join the Order of the Phoenix as the Death Eaters , Dumbledore most likely accepted Slughorn for the fairly self-serving, but overall harmless and genuinely talented Wizard he was.
Dumbledore asked Slughorn to resume his old position in , and Slughorn accepted after being enticed with the prospect of being able to teach Harry Potter. Dumbledore wanted to tread carefully with Slughorn and not force him to divulge the memory because it would ruin their friendship.
Dumbledore feared that if Slughorn felt betrayed, he may even leave the school and join the Dark Lord. Dumbledore suspected that Slughorn may have inadvertently given Tom Riddle some dangerous information; in order to determine exactly what Riddle had been planning to use it for, Dumbledore attempted to retrieve the memory of the specific discussion from Slughorn. Ashamed of what he'd allowed himself to be charmed into doing, Slughorn modified his own memory, and gave Dumbledore that version.
As Dumbledore had predicted, Harry had been in the perfect position to convince Slughorn to allow the truth to be uncovered, and together, Harry and Dumbledore set about the task of destroying Voldemort's Horcruxes.
Slughorn prefers to associate with well-connected students or those with promising future careers. The coterie of students that he has collected around himself is known as the 'Slug Club', from the first part of his surname.
Slughorn believed all of his favourites had the potential to become highly successful, and hoped to benefit in the future from fostering connections with them early on.
Some of his former students who had already met or exceeded his expectations by the time he resumed teaching at Hogwarts in , were Ambrosius Flume , Dirk Cresswell , Barnabas Cuffe , Eldred Worple , Gwenog Jones , and Wendy Slinkhard.
However, there were other of his former pupils who achieved some degree of fame or more accurately, notoriety with whom he didn't maintain contact, nor did he approach their children in , as he had no desire to be associated with Death Eaters -- these former pupils included Lucius Malfoy , Avery , the Lestranges , Nott , and Goyle. All of them possibly had connections with someone famous, except for Hermione and Ginny, who were chosen because of their magical abilities.
Slughorn especially appeared to like Hermione, who was arguably the all-around top student of her year. There were other students who were invited for an interview, but didn't make the cut, such as Neville Longbottom , who appeared to lack the talent his parents had displayed as great Aurors, and Marcus Belby , whose family was not particularly close to his famous Potioneer uncle.
Ron Weasley was not invited to join the club, much to Ron's frustration, considering both of his best friends were members. Slughorn didn't seem to think much of him at first, and often forgot his name, calling him "Ralph" or "Rupert" Possibly a reference to Rupert Grint. However, Slughorn appeared to grow to like him as a person, as he wished Ron a "happy birthday" and visited him at the hospital wing after Ron was poisoned.
Horace Slughorn had a good relationship with most members of the Hogwarts staff. In addition to having been an old friend and long-time colleague of Headmaster Albus Dumbledore , Slughorn was quite friendly with the other members of the Hogwarts staff.
He was quite familiar with Severus Snape , the former Potions professor, and one of his former students. Slughorn possibly considered Snape to be a very intelligent and talented student, and invited him to join his Slug Club. They appeared to have a good relationship even during their later years as professors, until the school year , after Snape apparently murdered Albus Dumbledore and usurped his position as Headmaster of Hogwarts.
However, Slughorn later learned that Snape was, in fact, a loyal member of the Order of the Phoenix. He was also a friend of Minerva McGonagall , the Transfiguration professor; though the two were heads of rival Houses, that was not a factor likely to affect their relationship, as, like Minerva, Slughorn did not give preferential treatment to the students of his own House.
However, the fact that he did give preferential treatment to students based on other things may not have sat terribly well the Transfiguration professor. However, in , during the Battle of Hogwarts , Minerva told Slughorn that, if he and his students wanted to join Lord Voldemort , she would fight against them.
Slughorn was shocked, possibly because he didn't expect McGonagall to believe that he would ever join the Dark Lord. Later in the battle, Minerva and Slughorn together duelled Voldemort directly, and both survived.
Slughorn also had a good relationship with Filius Flitwick and Pomona Sprout. They appeared to be familiar, as they discussed the events of the Battle of the Astronomy Tower and seemed to trust each other. Slughorn, Flitwick and Sprout also witnessed Severus Snape fleeing before the Battle of Hogwarts , and they joined the battle, all of them surviving. Slughorn also appeared to be quite familiar with Rubeus Hagrid. Hagrid might have been one of Slughorn's students during his years at Hogwarts.
In , Slughorn was invited to a funeral Hagrid held for Aragog , his pet Acromantula. They drank and sang together in celebration of Aragog's life and more likely, his valuable venom, for Slughorn's part , and the occasion afforded Harry Potter the opportunity to retrieve Slughorn's original memory of Tom Riddle asking about Horcruxes. Also they might have became great friends after the Battle of Hogwarts, considering he comforted Hagrid during Aragog's funeral which may have meant alot to Hagrid.
Although the two worked in different years, Slughorn knew of the previous Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher Dolores Umbridge , and having kept track of the goings-on despite going into hiding, he heard that she was dragged into the Forbidden Forest by a herd of Centaurs.
Upon Dumbledore explaining that she angered the centaurs by storming into the forest herself and called them "filthy half-breeds ", Horace expressed his disdain for her, claiming that she was an "idiotic woman" and that he never liked her. More commonly, a 'slug' refers to the garden slug, a cousin to the snail but without the shell.
Additionally, 'Slughorn' is a historical heraldic term meaning 'war-cry', derived from an old Scottish word and later becoming the modern 'slogan', but may also be derived from his large, sluggish physique. The Harry Potter Compendium Explore. Rowling Story.
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His grades were exceptionally good. After he graduated from Hogwarts, he started to work in Hogwarts at same time with Albus Dumbledore. He started his career as professor of alchemy class. He started his career as professor of alchemy but he became the head of Slytherin house in short time.
He founded a club called Slug Club with his favourite students. He is known for doing discrimination between students. He is known with giving different gifts to his favourite students in the club like Quidditch tickets, even gave them opportunity to meet with important Ministry of Magic employees. Slughorn was very close to Lily, whom he found to be an extremely caring and love-driven young woman, a trait that resonated with Slughorn long after her death.
In a way, he felt responsible for her death along with many others for giving Tom Riddle the knowledge of Horcruxes he sought out in his schoolboy days. His desire to see her murderer stopped was enough to overcome his shame, which allowed Harry to obtain the horcrux memory and eventually avenge his mother and Slughorn's beloved student. Harry Potter , one of his favourite students.
Horace Slughorn first met Harry Potter in , when Harry and Albus Dumbledore tracked him down at the Muggle home he was borrowing at the time, to persuade him to return and teach at Hogwarts. Given Slughorn's tendency to "collect" famous, well-connected, or talented young minds, Slughorn gave in to Dumbledore's request upon meeting Harry.
He became Potions Master for the — school year , and wasted no time in inviting Harry to join his ' Slug Club '. With the help of the Half-Blood Prince's Potions textbook , Harry appeared to be following in his mother's footsteps as a great potioneer, which further earned Slughorn's favour.
During one of their private lessons , Dumbledore showed Harry a memory of Slughorn's, in which a young Tom Riddle asked the Potions master about Horcruxes. However, as the memory was obviously and unconvincingly edited to make it seem as if Slughorn had refused to answer, it was impossible to discern exactly what it was Riddle had wanted to know about Horcruxes.
Dumbledore told Harry that the original memory would undoubtedly be essential in determining what ultimately defeating Voldemort would entail, and assigned Harry with the task of retrieving it. Slughorn sensed that Harry wanted to retrieve the memory, and subsequently tried to avoid him. He stopped Slug Club dinners, and would flee at the end of Potions. He felt very guilty for giving Tom Riddle information on Horcruxes. After several failed attempts, Harry eventually finessed the memory from a very drunk Slughorn, with the help of Felix Felicis and the opportunity for Slughorn to collect a few vials of valuable Acromantula venom.
The 'sluggish' memory is Slughorn's memory of what he said to the young Tom Riddle, which he himself tried to blot out. The word 'sluggish' suggests that the memory is slow, lethargic, and difficult to arouse.
The memory allowed for Dumbledore to confirm his suspicions that Voldemort had been planning to create seven Horcruxes, and for Harry to continue Dumbledore's mission of destroying them.
Although Harry initially seemed Slughorn's " crowning jewel " as Dumbledore put it, Slughorn felt genuine care for the boy and fearlessly battled the Dark Lord head on in a gallant attempt to avenge Harry's presumed death and end the evil warmonger forever. Suffice it to say, Harry was among the many students that Slughorn came to be fond of beyond just the parameters of social climbing.
Tom Riddle , his former favourite pupil and enemy. As Head of Tom's House , and given his tendency to favour students who displayed talent of some sort, Slughorn became Riddle's mentor, and was likely the professor Tom liked most. Riddle became a favourite of Slughorn's which Tom knew, and so he often manipulated Slughorn by flattering him.
One day, Riddle asked Slughorn about Horcruxes , and Slughorn, — after convincing himself Tom's intentions were "purely academic" —, reluctantly told him what it basically took to create one, though he refused to give Tom any details. Most significantly, when Tom asked if it were possible to create more than one Horcrux, Slughorn seemed appalled by the idea of it, but did not deny that it could be done in theory.
Riddle did keep his promise to Slughorn about never disclosing the contents of their discussion that night, thus never implicating Slughorn's contribution to what would become Lord Voldemort. Though this was undoubtedly because Voldemort would never admit to needing help to achieve immortality and to keep his ultimate secret just that. Regardless, Slughorn still had faith in Tom and ignored Albus Dumbledore when he tried to warn him that Tom was only using him.
However, this changed when Tom left Hogwarts and disappeared, having refused many great offers of employment. He severed ties with Slughorn, which upset him most possibly because he loved to keep in touch with his old students that he had considered talented in the hope of being given things in return.
With the information from Slughorn in hand, Riddle managed to create seven Horcruxes and achieve something near immortality. When Riddle had returned to Hogwarts many years later to seek employment at Hogwarts, Slughorn was terrified and hid away in his office so that he didn't have to talk to him.
When Tom reappeared as Voldemort and rumours began during the First Wizarding War that Voldemort had indeed achieved immortality, Slughorn felt incredibly guilty about telling Tom how to achieve it. He was so ashamed, he even modified his own memory so he did not have to remember. He stayed at Hogwarts until the end of the war, believing it was the safest place to be. When Voldemort apparently died in , he was pleased. The guilt still continued in a smaller way though, as he was scared that someone would still find out what he said and it was what made him retire from Hogwarts shortly after the war ended.
When Voldemort returned in , Slughorn knew without a doubt that Tom had created Horcruxes. He was scared that Voldemort may seek him out, to either recruit him or kill him to keep their secret safe. Voldemort did soon try to find Slughorn, which he did not understand at the time.
Slughorn escaped and hid from Voldemort for over a year, and even returned to Hogwarts. However, even though Slughorn had managed to modify his memory to hide what he told Tom, Harry Potter managed to take the original version of the memory with the help of Felix Felicis , in , and from it, he and Dumbledore gleaned crucial information about what Voldemort had done and what it would take to destroy him.
When Voldemort managed to take over Hogwarts in , Slughorn finally found out what Tom wanted from him. He was surprised to find that it was only to teach at Hogwarts, showing that perhaps Tom respected Slughorn, his status and his teaching enough to keep him around. His duel with him likely allowed him to come full circle for his contribution to his former student's rise to power and all of the deaths that transpired in his wake.
In this regard, Slughorn redeemed himself in his own eyes, fighting for everyone who had ever been harmed by Voldemort. Albus Dumbledore , his good friend and colleague. As Slughorn was equally disinclined to join the Order of the Phoenix as the Death Eaters , Dumbledore most likely accepted Slughorn for the fairly self-serving, but overall harmless and genuinely talented Wizard he was. Dumbledore asked Slughorn to resume his old position in , and Slughorn accepted after being enticed with the prospect of being able to teach Harry Potter.
Dumbledore wanted to tread carefully with Slughorn and not force him to divulge the memory because it would ruin their friendship. Dumbledore feared that if Slughorn felt betrayed, he may even leave the school and join the Dark Lord. Dumbledore suspected that Slughorn may have inadvertently given Tom Riddle some dangerous information; in order to determine exactly what Riddle had been planning to use it for, Dumbledore attempted to retrieve the memory of the specific discussion from Slughorn.
Ashamed of what he'd allowed himself to be charmed into doing, Slughorn modified his own memory and gave Dumbledore that version. As Dumbledore had predicted, Harry had been in the perfect position to convince Slughorn to allow the truth to be uncovered, and together, Harry and Dumbledore set about the task of destroying Voldemort's Horcruxes.
Horace was highly shocked by Dumbledore's death and attended his funeral. During the Battle of Hogwarts , Horace fought the Dark Lord head on in honour of his friend's death and to protect his former students and school. Slughorn prefers to associate with well-connected students or those with promising future careers.
The coterie of students that he has collected around himself is nicknamed the 'Slug Club', from the first part of his surname. Horace believed all of his favourites had the potential to become highly successful, and hoped to benefit in the future from fostering connections with them early on.
Some of his former students who had already met or exceeded his expectations by the time he resumed teaching at Hogwarts in , were Ambrosius Flume , Dirk Cresswell , Barnabas Cuffe , Eldred Worple , Gwenog Jones , and Wendy Slinkhard.
However, there were other of his former pupils who achieved some degree of fame or more accurately, notoriety with whom he didn't maintain contact, nor did he approach their children in , as he had no desire to be associated with Death Eaters — these former pupils included Lucius Malfoy , Avery , the Lestranges , Nott , and Goyle. All of them possibly had connections with someone famous, except for Hermione and Ginny, who were chosen because of their magical abilities.
Slughorn especially appeared to like Hermione, who was arguably the all-around top student of her year. There were other students who were invited for an interview, but didn't make the cut, such as Neville Longbottom , who appeared to lack the talent his parents had displayed as great Aurors, and Marcus Belby , whose family was not particularly close to his famous potioneer uncle. Ron Weasley was not invited to join the club, much to Ron's frustration, considering both of his best friends were members.
Horace didn't seem to think much of him at first, and often forgot his name, calling him "Ralph" or "Rupert". However, Horace appeared to grow to like him as a person, as he wished Ron a "happy birthday" and visited him at the Hospital Wing after Ron was poisoned. It is unknown whether any of the Slug Club members apart from the ones who were still Hogwarts students fought alongside the reinforcements which Slughorn rallied during the Battle of Hogwarts against Voldemort's forces.
Arthur Weasley , his former student who he did not think too highly of. Horace Slughorn didn't seem to think much of Arthur Weasley , believing he wasn't a "highflier" or powerfully, gifted wizard while teaching him at Hogwarts, despite Arthur being pure-blooded, choosing to favour students who were magically talented and had strong connected with other powerful, talented wizards.
Due to this preferential treatment, Arthur disliked Slughorn as a result and this relationship with Slughorn was later echoed with Arthur's son, Ron Weasley, as Slughorn ignored Ron the same way he had ignored Arthur. However, considering they both fought against Voldemort's forces in the Battle of Hogwarts, it is possible their opinions on each other eventually changed. Horace Slughorn had a good relationship with most members of the Hogwarts staff.
In addition to having been an old friend and long-time colleague of Headmaster Albus Dumbledore , Slughorn was quite friendly with the other members of the Hogwarts staff. He was quite familiar with Severus Snape , the former Potions Master , and one of his former students. Slughorn possibly considered Snape to be a very intelligent and talented student, and invited him to join his Slug Club.
They appeared to have a good relationship even during their later years as professors, until the school year , after Snape apparently murdered Albus Dumbledore and usurped his position as Headmaster of Hogwarts.
However, Slughorn later learned that Snape was, in fact, a loyal member of the Order of the Phoenix. He was also a friend of Minerva McGonagall , the Transfiguration professor; though the two were heads of rival Houses, that was not a factor likely to affect their relationship, as, like Minerva, Slughorn did not give preferential treatment to the students of his own House. However, the fact that he did give preferential treatment to students based on other things may not have sat terribly well with the Transfiguration professor.
However, in , during the Battle of Hogwarts , Minerva told Slughorn that, if he and his students wanted to join Lord Voldemort , she would fight against them. Slughorn was shocked, possibly because he didn't expect McGonagall to believe that he would ever join the Dark Lord. Later in the battle, Minerva and Slughorn together duelled Voldemort directly, and both survived. Slughorn also had a good relationship with Filius Flitwick and Pomona Sprout.
They appeared to be familiar, as they discussed the events of the Battle of the Astronomy Tower and seemed to trust each other. Slughorn, Flitwick and Sprout also witnessed Severus Snape fleeing before the Battle of Hogwarts , and they joined the battle, all of them surviving. Although the latter claimed they were never close, Horace also appeared to be quite familiar with Rubeus Hagrid.
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